markyb208 Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Hi All, I would be grateful for people's thoughts and ideas on the above. I am building a ficticicious LMS terminus based somewhere in the West Midlands which will have a MPD and turntable attached. I'm unsure about which available turntable would best suit the layout. As far as the operating mechanisms are concerned, they vary greatly in price and I would like to know what other people have done on their layouts, which in their view works well. Regards, Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffP Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Best available? Depends what you want. Ease of installation, fully automatic: Heljan. Best for detail, but not easily indexed etc: Metalsmith. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Indge Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Try looking at ADM Turntables, this has been featured in two of the Model Railway mags recently. It is not cheap, but fully indexed and DCC ready with a hex-juicer fitted. Fantastic piece of kit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markyb208 Posted June 22, 2014 Author Share Posted June 22, 2014 Thanks for the replies, the ADM option looks very good, I think I'm going to have to start saving! Regards, Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 I used the Frizinghall Model Railways unit to drive mine - noisy but inexpensive and seems to work well (apart from the worm gear occasionally coming off the end of the spindle if I've gone round the same way too often!). John Thorne's Purbeck layout uses three of them and I don't think he's had any issues. Turntable itself is cut-down Airfix. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Michael Edge Posted June 22, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 22, 2014 I'm in the process of installing two ADM turntables on the EM Carlisle layout which has had a few mentions on RMweb. I've had some teething troubles (which ADM have fixed) with these but they were very early production ones and I'm sure latest ones will be very good.They are rather expensive but I would definitely recommend them. The only snag for an actual layout is that are based on the Peco turntable which is much bigger than any used in UK. These two are in an off-scene loco yard so this doesn't matter. It's a pity that proprietary turntables are made bigger than 70' diameter, which will turn any British loco, many people don't seem to realise that it's only the wheels that have to fit on the turntable bridge, not the whole loco. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Sidelines Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 I used the dimensions from the Airfix (Dapol) kit to make a cheap and cheerful hand operated turntable. It might get you up and running whilst you save up for a fully electrical driven and indexed version. Regards Ray Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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